Foremans stamina?

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  1. Flemo83

    Flemo83 Active Member Full Member

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    Having not been around in the 70's i was wondering about Big George's stamina. Obviousley i've seen the rumble in the jungle an the lyle/young fights where George was understandably tiring after the huge effort he'd put in, but what i wanted to know is, was his stamina generally good? An was he a good trainer?
     
  2. his stamina wasn´t worse than tyson´s

    george foreman had the class of power to destroy his rivals with single shots ,fast and early. he did not need great stamina in his prime because he killed his rivals early.
     
  3. Azzer85

    Azzer85 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tyson never gassed and got KTFO in round 8......unlike Foreman

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RAS4HB8s9k&feature=related[/ame]
     
  4. tyson never faced muhammad ali ;)

    foreman never was gassed and destroyed by this bum


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt8LZ8FjGN8&feature=related[/ame]
     
  5. Azzer85

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    Foreman ran out of gas and by the eighth he was on his ASS

    Buster Douglas hits harder than Ali. Tyson had Douglas down, Foreman was just punching ghosts
     
  6. Stevie G

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    The problems that Muhammad caused George were mental,as well as physical. Foreman,in his peak years,never had to develop his stamina,as his power was THAT awesome. It took a still very dangerous Muhammad Ali to capitalise on this. No other fighter around in 1974 would have done a number on George like Muhammad did. Not even Jimmy Young,at this point.
     
  7. the facts are , ali would kick the ass of douglas or tyson any day of the week.
    ali had iron chin to take the foreman bombs during 8 rounds. foreman was gassed because he tried knock ali out during all the fight. foreman wasn´t down by the hitting power (underrated) of ali, he was down because he was tired. tyson would have been as tired as foreman was against ali.
    foreman would ko douglas in 2 rounds:rofl:rofl
     
  8. Azzer85

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    This video disproves what you just said. Foreman clearly went down due to Alis fists.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHSXyGYcpR8&NR=1&feature=fvwp[/ame]
     
  9. Flemo83

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    As you said George did have awesome power, but do you think that was his downfall? Maybe he never trained like he should have thinking he was gonna blow everyone away early?
     
  10. Duodenum

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    He's supposed to have been a very hard trainer, but alleged to get badly overweight between fights. Seemed relaxed and in reasonably good condition at the end of the first match with Peralta. Not sure what to think about Young, since he failed to properly acclimate himself to the heat and humidity of Puerto Rico for the minimum three weeks. Definitely tired near the end of that five bout exhibition in Toronto. Was expending himself wastefully when Chuvalo appeared to be riding out the storm. Ali was in terrific condition for Kinshasa, and as good a championship distance heavyweight as there has ever been.

    One instance where Big George did outlast an opponent was when he got the much older Lyle to succumb to fatigue as much as power in a brief but torrid war. (Foreman had just turned 27, while Ron was about to turn 35, a substantial eight year difference.) He also turned it on just when it looked like Frazier was about to rally in their rematch. However, both these events were just five round affairs.

    The stoppage in round ten of the Peralta rematch may have been premature. That one was a fight for the vacant NABF Title, scheduled for the championship distance. If George had been forced to win over the 15 round limit, it might have been a real career changer. Ali may not have counted so much on wearing him out, as Foreman would have realized he couldn't knock everybody out. Peralta should have been Whitehurst to his Liston, Lowry to his Marciano, Bonavena to his Frazier.

    Could have problems pacing himself, but seemed calm, measured and focused in the Frazier rematch and Norton defense.
     


  11. ali tried knock him out early and of course he could not do it
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFGql0b4jZQ[/ame]

    obviously you never trained boxing in your life
    :deal
     
  12. Azzer85

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    Simple calculation, Ali hit Foreman with fists, Foreman falls down....end of

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHSXyGYcpR8&NR=1&feature=fvwp[/ame]
     
  13. Stevie G

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  14. Kalasinn

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    :lol:


    Are you sure Foreman wasn't just feeling sleepy & wanted a quick snooze, after Ali had missed him with those punches?
     
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